bauchle noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •[in the plural] (Scotland) An old shoe.We a' ken that there's tongues in heads, but I ne'er heard o' ony in hats or bauchles afore. — 1842 •(Scotland) A bungled or muddled situation; a mess. •(Scotland) A fool.He adds, probably his letter would be propaled and made a bauchle of, and assures them he was never loved at Court as a minister. — 1843 verb2 •(Scotland) To misuse, to bungle.Our enemies were disputing not far off upon the deck, and that so loudly that I could hear a word or two above the washing of the seas. “It was Shuan bauchled it,” I heard one say. — 1886 •(Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone. formsbauchled · bauchling · bauchles
